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The Representative Body of the Church in Wales is the central administrative body of the Church in Wales. Its primary function is to manage the Church's financial assets but it also provides centralised support services to the bishops, archdeacons, clergy and lay staff employed by the Church.
In 2014, the attendance in the Church in Wales was 52,021 at Easter: a decline of about 16,000 members since 2007, but an increase from 2013. Also, in 2014, nineteen churches were closed or made redundant. Overall, in 2014, the Church in Wales reported 152,000 attenders in its parishes and congregations, compared to 105,000 in 2013. [19]
The Governing Body of the Church in Wales is the deliberative and legislative body of the Church in Wales, broadly speaking equivalent to the General Synod of the Church of England. The Governing Body usually meets twice each year to receive reports, discuss issues concerning the church and make decisions on matters brought before it.
The Union is a free and voluntary body, its aims to help to make churches a fellowship that serve Jesus Christ. [1] The church has high emphasis on preaching the Gospel, and education, empowering church members. The latest strategy is the Welsh Independents Development Programme. [2]
The Church in Wales, unlike the Irish Church, had formed part of the Church of England since the Middle Ages. The four Welsh dioceses formed an integral part of the Province of Canterbury; the Welsh dioceses extended beyond the England-Wales border; some parishes in Wales formed part of English dioceses; and some parishes straddled the boundary ...
The Book of Common Prayer for use in the Church in Wales, which is written in traditional English and underwent a line-by-line revision process by the Governing Body of the Church in Wales between 1980 and 1984, [4] was specifically designed to replace the 1662 English prayer book. [5] Initially, it was intended to be published in single volume.
This was formed from the parishes of Caerleon, Newport Christ Church, Newport Maindee, Newport St Andrew, Newport St Julian and Newport St Teilo. [137] [138] [139] [37] It has an estimated population of 63,831. [140] As of November 2024 it was served by one Ministry Area Leader, two Vicars and one Associate Priest. [141]
The Church of St Michael, Llanvihangel Gobion, Monmouthshire is a parish church with datable origins to the 15th century. There is no record of a Victorian restoration, although one must have occurred (the weathervane bears the date 1846), but there is documented evidence of a "light" reconstruction in 1925.